Paul,
| MTA
| | < smtp
| MDA
| | < pop, imap
PO> Perhaps unusual, but there are cases where SMTP is used for the final
PO> hop to the rMUA, e.g. the ISP Demon in the UK offer SMTP delivery.
indeed. once upon a time, it was the only way to do delivery.
now we get to re-invent "push" delivery with yet-another
mechanism.
d/
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